Criminal Law Cases of David G. Chow

R. v. N.M.

[August 10th, 2010] - Client faced charges of impaired driving and over 80. Defence counsel assessed the likelihood of the accused successfully defending the charges as remote. The accused decided to proceed with the trial in any event. After the entire crown case was called, substantial Charter and Criminal Code issues arose which prompted the Crown to offer a plea bargain to a non-Criminal Code offence. The accused did not receive a criminal record.